Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music - Press information on season program and announcements.

cabrillo festival of contemporary music
Santa Cruz, California — Music Director/Conductor Marin Alsop
July 29 – August 13, 2006
America’s longest running new music festival dedicated to orchestra.

March 29, 2006 Media Contact: Ellen Primack, Executive Director
(831) 426-6966 ellen@cabrillomusic.org
For interviews:
If you wish to interview Music Director Marin Alsop in support of your article, please contact us immediately at (831) 426-6966 to make arrangements. We will be happy to assist.

For photo images:
Downloadable high-resolution season images are available here or please contact us directly at (831) 426-6966. Frans Lanting photographs from “LIFE” are also available upon request.

For a quick scan of the season:
Please see SEASON HIGHLIGHTS at the end of this Press Release for lists of composers, guest artists and a condensed concert schedule.

SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT RELEASE:

CABRILLO FESTIVAL will present an extended 44th Anniversary Season, July 29 through August 13, at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium and Mission San Juan Bautista, California. Music Director/Conductor Marin Alsop celebrates her 15th season, with three performance weekends.

CABRILLO FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, the organization that produced
Leonard Bernstein’s Mass (1999) and Philip Glass’ The Photographer (2001)
will present the World Premiere multimedia project: LIFE: A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME,
with concept and images by Frans Lanting and music by Philip Glass.

Cabrillo Festival Maestra Marin Alsop (named Music Director Designate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and a MacArthur Fellow in 2005) has created a 2006 Festival season that will surpass all others. It includes the Festival’s first commission in decades––a score by Philip Glass to accompany the extraordinary photography of famed nature photographer Frans Lanting; internationally renowned percussionist Evelyn Glennie will return for two performances; violinist Leila Josefowicz and mezzo-soprano Gale Fuller will make their Festival debuts; ten of the featured composers will participate (including Philip Glass); and the 2006 Season will include three World Premieres and five West Coast Premieres.

2006 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Maestra Marin Alsop conducts the award-winning Cabrillo Festival Orchestra for three World Premieres and five West Coast Premieres

FEATURED COMPOSERS:
Thomas Adès
Daniel Brewbaker*
Michael Daugherty*
Michael Gatonska*
Philip Glass*
Mark Grey*
Laura Karpman*
Aaron Jay Kernis*
Askell Masson
Nicholas Maw*
Kevin Puts*
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Greg Smith* *Participation confirmed

WORLD PREMIERES
A Cabrillo Festival multimedia production: Frans Lanting’s LIFE: A Journey Through Time; Music by Philip Glass; Visual design by Alexander V. Nichols
Michael Gatonska: The Whispering Wind
Greg Smith: The Melodic Life

WEST COAST PREMIERES
Thomas Adès: America–A Prophecy
Michael Daugherty: Time Machine
Laura Karpman: Transitive Property Of Equality
Aaron Jay Kernis: Newly Drawn Sky
Nicholas Maw: Concert Suite from Sophie’s Choice

GUEST ARTISTS
Evelyn Glennie, percussion
Saturday, August 5, 8:00pm: Performing Kevin Puts’ Percussion Concerto
Saturday, August 5, 8:00pm: Performing Askell Masson’s Konzertstück for Snare Drum and Orchestra
Sunday, August 6, 8:00pm: Solo concert

Leila Josefowicz, violin
Thursday, August 10, 6:00pm: Performing Mark Grey’s San Andreas Suite at “Music In the Mountains”
Saturday, August 12, 8:00pm: Performing Mark Grey’s Elevation

Gale Fuller, mezzo-soprano
Saturday, August 12, 8:00pm: Performing the West Coast Premiere of Thomas Adès’ America—A Prophecy
Sunday, August 13, 4:00pm & 8:00pm: Performing the West Coast Premiere of Nicholas Maw’s Concert Suite from Sophie’s Choice

Greg Smith, narrator/composer
Sunday, August 6, 1:00pm: Narrating the World Premiere of his The Melodic Life

CONCERTS
OPENING NIGHT
SATURDAY, JULY 29: FRANS LANTING’S LIFE: A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME (World Premiere)
8:00pm Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Concept & Images by: Frans Lanting
Music by: Philip Glass
Visual Design and Video Editing by: Alexander Nichols

SUNDAY, JULY 30: FRANS LANTING’S LIFE: A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME (World Premiere)
2:30 & 8:00pm Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Concept & Images by: Frans Lanting
Music by: Philip Glass
Visual Design and Video Editing by: Alexander Nichols

SATURDAY, AUGUST 5: TIME MACHINE
8:00pm Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Laura Karpman: Transitive Property of Equality (West Coast Premiere)
Kevin Puts: Percussion Concerto featuring Evelyn Glennie, percussion
Askell Masson: Konzertstück for Snare Drum and Orchestra featuring Evelyn Glennie, percussion
Michael Daugherty: Time Machine (for three conductors and orchestra) (West Coast Premiere)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 6: FREE FAMILY CONCERT
1:00pm Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium (Free)
Greg Smith: The Melodic Life (World Premiere) featuring Greg Smith, narrator

SUNDAY, AUGUST 6: EVELYN GLENNIE SOLO CONCERT
8:00pm Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Evelyn Glennie Solo Concert

THURSDAY, AUGUST 10: MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS FUNDRAISER
6:00pm Hilltop Hacienda, Kennolyn – Soquel
Program TBA including a special appearance by Leila Josefowicz, violin

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12: ELEVATION
8:00pm Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Daniel Brubaker: Dark Angel (California Premiere)
Mark Grey: Elevation featuring Leila Josefowicz, violin
Michael Gatonska: The Whispering Wind (World Premiere)
Thomas Adès: America–A Prophecy (West Coast Premiere) featuring Gale Fuller, mezzo-soprano

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13: MUSIC AT THE MISSION: NEWLY DRAWN SKY
4:00pm & 8:00pm Mission San Juan Bautista
Nicholas Maw: Concert Suite from Sophie’s Choice (West Coast Premiere)
featuring Gale Fuller, mezzo-soprano
Aaron Jay Kernis: Newly Drawn Sky (West Coast Premiere)
Esa-Pekka Salonen: L.A. Variations

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CABRILLO FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC is America's longest running new music festival dedicated to orchestra, and winner of the national A.S.C.A.P. Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music for twenty-three consecutive years (1982-2004).

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